Faculty Research Advisors

The following is a representative list of Duke professors and their research interests. It is updated at the beginning of each semester. If you are interested in some professor not listed here, please feel free to contact that professor directly. The "Coursework Topics" column refers to topics that could be topics for an advanced reading course supervised by the faculty member (PHYSICS 491). The "Research Topics" column refers to possible topics for original research projects supervised by the professor, for credit (PHYSICS 493 or 495) or, in some cases, paid work. Either or both may be available in a given semester.

Color Key:

Research
Area

High Energy /
String Theory/Astrophysics

Nuclear / QCD /
Quark-gluon Plasmas

Optics and Atomic/ Acoustics / FEL

Condensed Matter /
Nonlinear Dynamics

Theory or
Experiment

Theory opportunities only

Laboratory work available

The colors give a rough indication of the professor's area of research. Use these to identify other professors who are likely to have similar interests, but note that many professors do some work outside their primary area.

A research program at the CERN Large Hadron Collider designed to test the Standard Model and search for new phenomena emergin from multi-TeV proton-proton collisions. The measurements use the Higgs boson and the massive electroweak bosons to study their self-interactions and search for new particles and force carriers. The research is done both at Duke at the with ATLAS detector at CERN.

Analysis of experimental data at highest energies - investigating the origin of mass of fundamental particles, new forces and additional dimensions of space; Development of analysis techniques; Designing electronics for particle physics experiments.

Note on availability: "No" means a professor is not taking new undergraduate students in the given semester, because he or she is already advising students or some other reason. However, this list includes professors who frequently work with undergrads, and who may be able to take students in future semesters. So please feel free to contact faculty members to discuss future opportunities even if "No" is listed.